Autophagy is activated in injured neurons and inhibited by methylprednisolone after experimental spinal cord injury

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Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 470-475

  Chen, Hsien Chih ^a,b,c   Fong, Tsorng Harn ^c   Lee, Ai Wei ^c   Chiu, Wen Ta ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

autophagy; methylprednisolone; microtubule associated protein light chain 3; spinal cord injury; transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 3; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; LYSOSOME; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; FEMALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84858800745     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318221e859     Document Type: Article

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